Overview
- Authorities in the Samtgemeinde Lemförde ordered about 18,000 turkeys killed on Thursday and set three‑kilometer protection and ten‑kilometer surveillance zones that also affect parts of Minden‑Lübbecke, Osnabrück and Vechta.
- In Lower Saxony, officials report 32 farm outbreaks since early October with roughly 682,000 birds dead or culled, a stall‑holding requirement in 23 districts, and no confirmed farm‑to‑farm spread so far.
- Brandenburg counts outbreaks in 12 holdings with more than 170,000 birds killed, warns of continued spread to the southwest, and outlines compensation rules with a proposed higher per‑bird cap.
- Wildlife losses mount, especially among cranes; Lower Saxony told counties to permit euthanasia of severely ill birds in select cases, and veterinary institutes maintain a high risk assessment for poultry.
- Zoos in Munich and Nuremberg have stabled or covered aviaries and raised hygiene, regional offices in Bavaria and Saxony urge strict biosecurity, a Graugans near Heilbronn tested H5N1‑positive, and Hessian retailers note higher local egg demand with only slight price increases.